Holiday Events at Stew Leonard’s in Norwalk

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Stew Leonard’s Norwalk store invites the community to celebrate Christmas and Hanukkah this year with its annual Tree and Menorah Lighting celebrations:

Christmas Tree Lighting Celebration
Tuesday, November 27, 2018 at 5:30 p.m.
Stew Leonard’s Norwalk store is kicking off the 2017 holiday season with its annual Christmas Tree Lighting celebration. The festivities begin at 5:30 p.m., with plenty of musical entertainment and more to get the crowd into the spirit of the season! Santa will spend the evening mingling with the children and handing out candy canes. Complimentary hot cocoa and cookies will be served.

For the second year, a 30-foot artificial evergreen tree will serve as the Norwalk store’s holiday centerpiece. Created by American Christmas, Inc., the tree is hand-crafted by seven people over the course of a month. Once the tree arrives at Stew’s, it will take 15 people more than 11 hours to put it up and string more than 33,000 LED multi-color lights, which is about 40-50 bulbs per square foot! After the holiday season, American Christmas, Inc. will remove the tree and store it until next Christmas. Notably, these artificial trees can be recycled at the end of their 6-year lifespan. American Christmas, Inc. additionally supplies holiday decorations for a variety of clients, ranging from Saks Fifth Avenue and Cartier to Madison Square Garden and Rockefeller Group!

Menorah Lighting Celebration
Monday, December 3, 2018 at 5:00 p.m.
Stew Leonard’s Norwalk store is celebrating Chanukah, the Festival of Lights, with its 27th annual menorah lighting celebration. The celebration starts with Rabbi Yehoshua Hecht of Beth Israel of Westport/Norwalk lighting an 18-foot menorah. Following the menorah lighting is a celebration complete with live music, holiday song and dance and complimentary Kosher refreshments and juice. Traditional dreidels and chocolate gelt will be distributed to all.

Local dignitaries from Norwalk and Westport will be on hand to partake in Fairfield County’s largest menorah lighting celebration.